Art Sloan,

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• Art Sloan,
• eLearning Research Group, School of Computing,
• Dublin Institute of Technology, Kevin Street,
  Dublin 8, Ireland
• Art.Sloan_at_comp.dit.ie

COMPARING THE MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR TO THE
MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE INVENTORY
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Psychometric tests Myers-Briggs Type
Indicator Keirsey Sorter Multiple Intelligence
Inventory These and many others are available
on-line. All work by mathematically scoring the
responses made by a participant and assigning
adjectives to those scores.
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Myers-Briggs Type Indicator An example version
has 72 statements to which the respondent answers
Yes or No. The outcome is that a respondent
is Extrovert or Introvert (E or I) Sensing or
Intuiting (S or N) Thinking or Feeling (T or
F) Judging or Perceiving (J or P) 16 possible
permutations.
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Keirsey Sorter The Keirsey Sorter is an
extension of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. The
16 possible permutations of Myers-Briggs are
given trait-specific adjectives
Guardians Supervisor ESTJ
Inspector ISTJ Provider ESFJ
Protector ISFJ Artisans
Promoter ESTP Crafter ISTP
Performer ESFP Composer ISFP
Idealists Teacher ENFJ
Counselor INFJ Champion ENFP
Healer INFP Rationals
Fieldmarshal ENTJ Mastermind INTJ
Inventor ENTP Architect INTP
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Institute of Technology
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Multiple Intelligence Inventory An example
version has 80 statements to which the respondent
enters 1 - 5 where 1 is Strongly Disagree and
5 Strongly Agree. The outcome is that a
respondent is given a numerical score that
suggests that they apply intelligences in greater
or lesser amounts that are these
8 Visual/Spatial Verbal/Linguistic Logical/Mat
hematical Bodily/Kinesthetic Musical/Rhythmic I
nterpersonal Intrapersonal Naturist
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Comparing Myers-Briggs Type Indicator to Multiple
Intelligence Inventory The statements of both
tests have some distinct similarities
Myers-Briggs Statement 1, belonging to The
Extrovert-Introvert criterion "You feel at ease
in a crowd." Multiple Intelligence's
Intrapersonal Statement 4 "I don't like
crowds." Myers-Briggs Statement 2, belonging to
The Extrovert-Introvert criterion "You rapidly
get involved in social life at a new
workplace." Multiple Intelligence's
Interpersonal Statement 2 "I like to belong to
clubs and organisations."
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Comparing Myers-Briggs Type Indicator to Multiple
Intelligence Inventory Myers-Briggs Statement
24, belonging to The Sensing-Intuition
criterion "It's essential for you to try things
with your own hands." Multiple Intelligence's
Bodily/Kinesthetic Statement 3 "When looking at
things, I like touching them." Myers-Briggs
Statement 36, belonging to The Sensing-Intuition
criterion "You are eager to know how things
work." Multiple Intelligence's
Logical/Mathematical Statement 5 "I like to find
out how things work."
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Comparing Myers-Briggs Type Indicator to Multiple
Intelligence Inventory Comparable contexts The
Extrovert-Introvert criterion of the Myers-Briggs
Type Indicator is contextually comparable with
the Interpersonal or Intrapersonal definitions of
Multiple Intelligence Inventory. The
Thinking-Feeling criterion of the Myers-Briggs
Type Indicator is contextually comparable with
the Interpersonal, Intrapersonal or
Logical/Mathematical definitions of Multiple
Intelligence Inventory.
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Comparing Myers-Briggs Type Indicator to Multiple
Intelligence Inventory Comparable contexts
continued The statements of the
Sensing-Intuition criterion of the Myers-Briggs
Type Indicator would be adequately described as
having the contexts of Convention and Principle
and, as such, might be aligned with the
Intelligence definition of Logical/Mathematical
of Multiple Intelligence Inventory. The
statements of the Judging-Perceiving criterion of
the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator would be
adequately described as having the context of
Problem-Solving and, as such, might be aligned
with the definition of Logical/ Mathematical of
Multiple Intelligence Inventory.
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Conclusion No integration? The Myers-Briggs
Type Indicator and Multiple Intelligence
Inventory psychometric tests have too many
differences to allow them to be integrated as a
single on-line product. What is interesting is
the contextual similarity between these two tests
and the fact that social aspects (extroversion,
introversion, thinking, feeling, interpersonal
intelligence and intrapersonal intelligence) and
logical aspects are very central to both. The
author believes that the social and logical
aspects to learning are reflected of these
psychometric structures.